Staunton (Va.) Election Records and Tax and Fiscal Records, 1803-1879

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Staunton (Va.) Election Records and Tax and Fiscal Records, 1803-1879. Local government records collection, Staunton (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Staunton (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Staunton (Va.) Election Records and Tax and Fiscal Records, 1803-1879. Local government records collection, Staunton (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Staunton (Va.) Election Records and Tax and Fiscal Records, 1803-1879, are arranged by local records series into election records and tax and fiscal records.

Election records consist of polls for election for mayor, recorder, aldermen, and councilmen (1831-1835, 1837-1839, 1848-1849, 1854-1857); mayor and sergeant (1858-1862); recorder, aldermen, and councilmen (1858-1860-1862, 1866); sergeant (1854-1857); commissioner of revenue (1855-1857, 1859-1861); commonwealth's attorney (1857, 1861); clerk (1859); watering of the town by iron pipes (1835-1836); lists of voters (1855); extention of town limits (1860); state senate and house of delegates (Ward 1, 1879); and subscription to Valley Railroad Company Stock (Ward 2, 1870).

Tax and fiscal records consist of delinquent and insolvent tax lists, 1803-1833. The lists often contain information about where a person has moved if they have left the county and other information related to their finances and current location.

Biographical / historical:

The City of Staunton, in Augusta County, was named, according to tradition, for Rebecca Staunton, wife of Sir William Gooch, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. Staunton was laid out in 1748 at the site of the Augusta County courthouse and was established as a town in 1761. It was incorporated as a town in 1801 and as a city in 1871.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Duke University, 22 June 1951 under the accession number 23707.
Physical location:
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
.225 cu. ft. (1 box)